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Re:Ask HN: Your most successful side project? by kirpekar on Wednesday September 02, 2009 @03:52PM (#800968)
All "side" businesses, concurrent with growing up, education, sports, jobs, etc.

Age 6: Ran a neighborhood service "Rent a Kid for Odd Jobs" ($25)

Age 10: Made wax candles in my backyard and sold them to a Mom & Pop store ($100)

Age 12: Grew tons of plants at home and sold them to a nursery ($400)

Age 18: Created basic websites (HTML, CGI/Perl, PHP) for businesses ($10,000)

Age 22: (while in grad school) Coached Tennis ($1000)

Age 29: (Current) Looking to buy and sell cars, i.e. auto-brokering. ($0 so far)

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